The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-24 00:00:00

PARLIANSENTARY PETITIONERS. _the infamous falsehoods upon which most of the Petitions to the (louse of Commonc, from wretches who attempted to subvert the Govern "'vitt of the Country, were founded, would make tis winder that any persons should degrade them te4,, and insult the Legislature by presenting then ' , if we did not know the influence of Party. Any ) ... g o thers of a similar kind was one presented case of RICHARD LEE, and of that we may "toio disce onznes. But as facts are the best *arguments, we shall avail ourselves of the haw - - 1'41141n afforded us in a Provincial Journal, to we have often been indebted, and which is eobth i eted with such spirit, energy, and true pa triuti'ln, as to emitle it to the approb a ti on o f Ali ;isters and the esteem of the c o un t r y. Th e lot -Irtving e xttacted from The Leeds Intelligencer Yesterday • 1 4 11. Si r " TO OUR READERS. Burdett notice. that be shall ng before the House Cinitu'oNlis( r after —'' the s iteeess, we think proper to defer Our refutation of it till that period. Intethgencer of the 9:11 inst. it will be th e H e : 1 4 4 we inserted a copy of the petiti on "firth Ise Of Commons, of Richard Lee, of 'b r eu tio ° , "e of the uteri apprehended tinder the Sus ttie i rlP • Act, in whi c h t h e petitioner complains of slic t i ‘ ,'s'ice of hi s arrest, an d o f crue l an d vin- Castle treatment during his imprisonnset t York • 4,„ s "ugh the deservedly high character of t4t tiv, Governor of the Castle, lAA the wei,is iita;-.4 excellent management of the prison, were ,a ce -' e Suffi t.te cient t o repe l the asp e rs i ons o f L ee, 14:141thiell the pubiication of his petition with several documents, which completely prov , _'e falsehood of his allegations. l'aving.been insinuated, however, h some, -j ' } e evid ence was all on one side, we arc Isaii- Z x : . ° state that Lee hi mse lf h as b een p ersona ll y s i ; e te ' l ,, n i e'l, and th at t h e resu l t h as b eers t h at o f 1-fry. stamping the allegations of his petition i f , At th e General County F..essions, hoiden on tte s : ebi nst• at York, it was a g ree d u p on , by a b ove sip p Y Magistrat es , t h at a Committee sisould be g4ir nr ed, for the purpose of thorou g hly investi ronsteig his case. He accordingly appeared, in IS Mtlocuee of notice sent to hint express, before 11,1, 4gist rates, who assembled at the C as tl e on s kta' A t(i " l ast ; and wh o i n v a i n en d eavoure d to at m : ' ro ra hint any charge against Ni r. Suavely, or 11, -111 ' that worthy gentleman's matsagemenr of s te Prison, or any complaint as to the treatment fateelv!`l himself while in Isis custody In the aW t 'be audacious assertiolls Contained in his Itsk i t o t ie tbion, he now dented that he had ever tie(h-ada"Y complaint against Mr. Stavely, or that 1 111 4% -- a nY complaiot to offer: Scarce any otter i k ut ir toescous could be obtained from tint ; '"ttkitZ t y lliv complaint was against those who hat ) 's iis,p r i s „n ment, who were not there t o 1 : 11 0 its ~tttldjca i;l t •! l ent , eivei', and not against Mr. Slays - ,, t Hi'means of refitting his lot mer Asser iatiqie• ;I be Magistrates, very properly, were not ' with those . aitswers, but proceeded, tint b^lit►th'(,d""llog,, to a most stri c t an d careful ex a m i. pi.,;, , ) f . the most" titionte char ges con t a i ne d i n *lt u ' h e re...oat was to the utter couftssion of Lee, "flu m e .'" a most despiCable figure doritig the exa- T hai 1 , 1 ; ?". it being ascertained beyond a doubt, treatment had been in eves y respect Int kitv - 'oo - that th e on ly step ta k es' for the sects 41tooOf I ' 4 person had been to put a single iron *Xi ) , a te of hi s l egs, a precaut i on which the pen ' e tt of the gaol rendered hlls . 6 1 6 "to. it is w i t h t h e cases o f t h ose wort h y Pa test" "1411 their rile fabrications a , e put to the Viti,:C,""telhpuible as the taco themselves ale, 11, 14 .4n h the Alvmhets of the Legislature who A ttdsi"miescemied re-echo their falsehoods I tter t :,, t be wAls of Parliament have debased cities still totve" NEWS. 4p,44 A IARCit 23. Wind W. blows very ty ci g '" -- Arri ve d , and remain in the Dovits, the t ie i 4 CLov Fit 86 days from nitrous Ayres : t itt,; (1 111 ", 0 1;IVER, from Liverpool, arrived at I "ss' t ,, AYEes the day the Lycut gus sail. d , wit bry i l far e - tnast and bowsprit Also arrive the IV A - -"thou,. Planter from Jamaica, and Active, th e 11. °Iri ditto. P ut b ac k by con t rar y winds C.4 'ti "Y ear r i ngton, M OORE, fur St. Htlena ant, elrttft; Clev e l an d , D AVIS, tor J ama i ca ; G.a -411•' for Bost o n ; S usanna h, S ims , k r t(:: 4 1 111kbi ; Venus, • SCOYI LL E, for New York ; t. arn l "' LRatitaiv, for Rio Janeiro ; A s i a , Row for Havanna!). The Dry Harbour Platwr, 1 1) 1 , St hhalil, and th e A mer i can s hi p G eorge , " e w Y or k , lost anchors and cables this tti tat " g • The James Sibbald is gone into Rants lpe.arbalbottr. The rest of the outward-hound itttlall w e ll . T he Prince Regent, for Madras, s,:everal others, are not come back. o'Clock.—Quite moderate. 1 4 °R.rsmourn MARCH 23.—1 t h as bl own 19"44,VY gale all last night and early this morning 9 t he S. ;I n d sm . 'd ot i ng which the Desire, a 11:ri" brig MILLE R Master, belon g i ng to Scar &lt4h I, )a , rt ' from . two anch ors , an d d rove on ; she afterw ar d s fl oate d w i th the flood ,4 1 44 (1 came into harbour, where she sunk ; rg is, discharging, Arrived the Express, ' 4 )4 t .'ie Downs for Gibraltar ; Cmsar, from New e, bound to Baltimore ; Cape Packet, from t,,.riwns for the Cape of Good Elope ; Mer ) LisAY, from Cildiz—saile i l the 3d inst. V ()IPr n amProN, NIARCH 23.—Put in the Perse wirce, ('t Arund e l, from London to Honduras, t‘i loss Of anchor and cabl e . AlaticH. 2 1.—Came in his Majes tey's ships Lee and Erne from a cruise, with loss of jib-boom. MARGATS, MARCH 23,—Wind West, blows hard.—An American ship, from New York for London, is gone out of our Roads (hiring list [right, supposed to have been blown to sea during the gale. Tile Cetberus, OWP.N, from Bengal, is riding in Pan Sand Hole, and has sent on shore for an anchor and cable. RAMSGATE, MARCH 23.—Wind West, blows strong.—The James Sibbald, FoRBES, fm• Cal cutta, lies in thy East Gully, near the Pier-head, with loss of two anchors and cables. The Dam sel, MORGAN ; Lark, ButtanwEs; Friends, But, LoNER j Ca ro.toe. MANNERS; and Dove, have come in with loss of anci or and cable each. The Summer, WALTos, of Yarmouth, is sunk in the ohter hat bola. GRAVLSEND, MAacti 23.—1 t has blown hard all tiny from the Wesi.—A large ship, callerl the Amity, GRAY, front llnntzic tvith timbrr , arrived here tall of %rater, having byeo on shore on the Gunfleet Sand. EASTER MONDAY. Yesterday being Easter Monday, the LORD MAYOR proceeded from the Mansion House to Christ Church, Newga'e-street, in procession, in the state coach, prececded by about eight hun dred of the s' !radars of Christ Hospital, and fol lowed by the Sheriffs, in their state Chariots, the Recorder, Alderman Bison, the Chamberlain of the Cny of London. and City Officers. The pro cession, as 11111181, passed round St. Paul's Church yard and up the Old Bailey, with the Street keepers and Marshalmen, tn o and two. When arrived at - the church, an anthem, composed for the occasion, was sung by the buys in grand solemn stye. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Father in God the Bishop of PETE RBoitot:GH, who took his text from the 16111 cmipter of St. Luke, and the 9th verse; from which he made a most excellent discourse, suitable to the occasion. This Sermon is preached annually before the Steward and Governors of this excellent Clarity, after which the proceedings of the Hospital for ;he year was react. The procession returned to the Nlansion House, where a most spleodid dinner was provided for between tour and five hundred iii the grand Egyptian Hall, which was fitted up on the occa tioo whit great splendour. The Hall was most beautifully illuminated with gas displayed from the most brilliant- glass chandaliers. _ . The tables were most elegantly , et out, four long ones, aorl o• , e at the top, at which sat the LORD MAYort, the LADY MAYORESS, and the No biii y of both sexes. Th. , table was ort.amented by a- beautiful tem ple above twelve feet high, supported by eight elegant goldeO pillars ; the two middle tables were ornamented with pillars; all the other tables were tastefully festooned; and the desert and sweetmeats, which were mote plentiful and in greater perfection than have been seen upon tor tner occasions, were all muter the direction, of Mr. WAYTE, confectioner, of Grarechurch-street, The dinner likewise consisted of the choicest dishes the .4va.on could produce; the grand baron of beef, which'weighed 170 pounds, was placed upon a pedestal'at the bottom of the Hag, wilich was cur lift by two carvets ; besides this emblem of out English hi , spitality, theie were tuatty Other costly and rare dishes. Amongst the company Were Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Cumber land, the Prince of liesse Floniber,4, the Austrian, French, and Spanish Ambassadors, Lord and Lad) Mountwoms, Lord Crantiourn, Marchioness of Sali. , )ury. liishop of Peter borough, ,Aldernian Sir Curti., sir Charles. Flower, Sir John Messrs. Birch, Mn,lie,Vood!)ehere, Wood, the Sheriffs, and all the other Members of the Corporation. The Ball was p nrd by the AL STRIAN AMBAS SADOR and N9l4s SMITH, daughter (.1 the LORD MAYOR, and the !limy dance .%a.: kept liappil up till a late hour. SPORTING IN I FALLIGENCE. STATEMENT OF THE ODDS ON THE DERBY, OAKS, ecc.—Maectz 33. DE REY Talien-10 to I agst c. by Waxy, out of Miltonia. Taken—l 2 to 1 apt Dictator, out of Hornby Lass. 13 to I ag:t Brothem to Crecy. 13 to 1 agst c. by Seymour, out of Rosalina. 13 to I sgst c. by Waxy, out of Ringtail. 14 to I agst c. by Orville, out of Allegretta. OAKS. 5 to 1 agst Loo, by Waxy. 8 to 1 against any other. RIDIJLE‘WouTH STAKES. Taken— 6 to 1 agst c. by Waxy, out of Ringtail. 6 to 1 agst Brothento Crecy. 6 to 1 agst Harraton, ont of Lancashire Witch. Taken— 7 to I agst Dictator, out of llttroby Lass. 8 to 1 agst c. by Dick Andrews, out of Sister to Rementhraneer. 10 to 1 agst Sister to Nectar. El I TN'tl NG. The Prince Regent's stag hounds meet to-morrow, at Brack ; Friday, at Farnham-common, near Salt-hill, each day at ten. • The Hatfield hounds meet to-morrow, at. No Man's Land; Friday, at Broadwater, at 11.11 f-pa ,t ten. Lord Alt horp's hounds meet Thursday, at Dallington ; Sa turday, at Brat:khan, each day at half-past ten. The Duhe of Grafton's hounds meet to-morrow, at. the Parrot, near Whist ley-wood, at half-past ten. The Oakley hounds meet Thursday, at Snelson-grounds; Saturday, of Pixhill, ,ach day at half-past ten. Lord Fitzwilliam's hounds meet Friday, at Stanwich pas tu res. The Quorndon hounds meet to-rlorrow. at Beanmanor hall; Thursday, at Enderby; Saturday, at Bardou-hall, each morning at half-past ten. - ErriNG HUNT.—The Bald-faced Stag was yes terday turned out, according to annual custom, for the amusement of the Cockney sportsmen, and although the day was unfavourable, the field presented an elegant display of horsemanship— many practical experhnents were made upon the laws of gravitation, and the system of the 11101180 fraine. A few dashing shopmen spewed a very laudable disregard for their necks : but the greater part of the company, from their distance, appear-• ed to dread the fate of Adam, and that, by ap proaching too near, they might share the fate of t h e stag , and be devoured by hounds. PEDESTRIANISM.—EATON, the crlebrated pe destrian, is barked to perform one of the most extraordinary feats of pedesti ianism ever heard of quarter of a mile in every successive quarter of an hour for the space of six weeks, to be per formed.at Stow Market, 'in the county of Suffolk. He commences this unparalleled task on or before the 10th day of May next. POETRY. TO MISS SOMERVILLE, Of Drury-Lane Theatre. To feeling, taste, and virtue dear, Approach ! fur thou has nought to fear, Thu' thousand Critic eyes were near ! Raise thy meek head, fur thou shalt shine! When otlftr stars are set in night; And Genius, 'ere thy beams decline Shall shed on thee its purest light. Go on—pursue thy path--for Fame Has twilled a wreath to grace thy name. i 1 E "I'l i EA:FRES. M. 11. DRURY-LANE.--Til ' C lICW Gas Illumination of this Theatre was submitted to the - public last night, and the effect was in the highest degree brilliant over• the auditnee part of the Theatre, but not equally so on the stage. We do not, however, mean to say, that the Performers wete obscured, but the other• part was so very splen did,. that a difference could not but strike the au thence, who. on the whole testified high admira tion of the general effect. The performances wore John Bull and Obi. In the former, Mr. Jortm sToNE, who had been some weeks disabled front appearing, by a severe disorder in his eye, and general indisposition, was received by the au d•ence on his appearance in Dennis Brulgruddery wilh.the warmest applause, which he amply r•e quuited by his admirably humourous support of the character. DowTots' also was excellent as the Brazier, and the comedy altogether excited touch entertainment. The afterpiece of Obi was, with all its terrors, well received. . COVENT-GA - RDEN.—This Theatre re-opened last night with the new Musical Drama of Rob .Roy Macgregor, or Auld Lang Syne ; and the last new Pantomime. .A Jew trifling alterations have been effected in the interior of the house. An addi tional seat has been gained in the pit next the or chestra, part of which, to make room for the al teration, is carried under the stage. In the light which ranges along the front of the stage gas has been substituted for oil. The pieces were per formed with great spirit, and the favourites of the public gained their usual meed of applause. The house was crowded. Elt TH F,ATR Es. ROYAL' AMPHITHEATRE —The performances at this place were very meritorious, and were re ceived with general applause. Some material alterations have taken place in this Theatre. The new Proscenium or frontispiece, forms a picbtre frame richly ornamented with oak leaves, rosettes, &c. &c. fanci fully displayed in gold. Over the tablet are the Prince Regent's and Duke of York's arms, also in gold. The front drop scene ;a landscape) is forty feet wide and thirty-seven high ; the above frame is contrived so as to extend or diminish the Stage to any size the subject may require. In the centre of the Proscenium., over the toot lights, is Apollo's Head, with rays in gold ; the pannels are Pi ince's blue, the styles a lig!lt lemon colour, with burnished gold ornaments: the Stage Boxes are ornamented with silver pilasters, gold trellis work, and crimson drapery. The Stage-doors white and gold, and the centre'of each 4 Gold Lyre. The Stage-doors and the Boxes over Them (which are the two Proprietors'), draw back at the same time with the Proscenium, in order to give sixty feet-opening to the Stage, which is now the larg est iu England. The audience part of the house is much widened, which has given greater space for the Riding School (or Circle). which is painted as stone-work, to form a base to the whole.. The front of the two tier of Boxes and Gallery are chastely designed in a running ornament of diamonds, formed of laurel leaves, a rosette in the centre, and tied to gether with trite-lotus' knots, all in gold, on an azfire blue ground, light lemon colour, .and white styles, which are the pievailin4 colours throughout the Theatre. The Ceiling re presents a Dome, supported by pilasters of I rellis work, in the centre of which, the new and superb .Chandelier, illu minated by Gas, descends. far superior to any yet produced. The new Ventiltators in the ceiling are kept in continual motion by the accumulation of a•r in the Theatre. The above improvements were planned and designed by Mr. Grieve. SURREY THEATRE.—This favourite place of public amusement has undergone several impor tant improvements in painting and embellish• ment, and re-opened last night to an ovclt flow ing audience with it new Burletta, front SMOL LETT'S Novi of Sir Launcelot Greases. and a grand Melo Dramatic Spectacle called The Three Talisnians. These pieces will no doubt continue to the Theatre the popularity which it expe rienced last season, displaying, as they do, the genius nod versatility of talent for which Mr. DI B DIN, Isle 1111nh1'cr, has been so long distinguished. SADLER'S WELLS —The attractions of this Thea tre promise to becotne as powerful as in any former season. The house !?p , ried last night with a new Musical Piece, a new Pantomime, and a new Aqua-drama, which pruned eminently successful.. Th e streng th o f the company. is materially in ereased.by the accession ot. GIBBON and the r.e -' turn of GRIMALDI. GREF.Nwicti Muripsanal.,Yesterday the son of the late Admiral Douglas gave information at Sliadwell Office of circumstances which are likely to lead to the apprehension of Hussey, the man suspected to have been chiefly concerned in mur dering Mr. Bird and his housekeeper. Mvantia —An elderly woman, wife of Thomas Powell, of the parish of Llanfihangel, near Lbw dilo, Carmatthcnshire, was, in the absence of her husband, assailed in her cottage on Friday se'n night, and so dreadfully wounded with an axe or spade, that she died on Monday. By tine active exertions of several Gentlemen in and near Llan tido, Thomas Peregrine, of LlangatelaCh, Glamor gahshire, Was apprehended the same night, and 'has since been committed to Carmarthen gaol, to take his trial for the offence. Neither the delights of Greenwich-hill nor the sports of Epping Forest scenic(' to have had any effect yesterday in reducing the number of cus 'towers at lizsir's .. .Lottery Offices, which were crowded with adventurers all day, some (lager to climb, by his means, the ascent of Fortune, and others fearing they might be thrown out, unless they secured a chance for the Royal Game, which will hi eak cover on Thursday next. About six or eight mouths ago, a stag leaped the bounds of Battle Abbey Park, and was not discovered until a few days since, when he was roused from his cover in a neighbouring wood, and took athwart the country to Ashburnham, top ping gate, hedge, and ditch, until he reached.Nol . %Tendon in Kent, a distance of more than 20 miles. The dogs and sportsmen gradually falling off, from fatigue, he escaped. The following morning, he was again started by a fresh pack of Kentish honnds, and, after a fine chase, boldly dashed into a large sheet of water, in which be was taken un hurt; and conveyed to Sir Godfrey's Park, where he now remains fur another day's sport. GENERAL ELECTION. Duanam, MARCH 20.—0 n Saturday lest, on the conclusion of •his canvass in this City, \lr. It : WuanTobt, M.P. met his friends iu the I own Elan, and, after thanking thew for thi-ir Lions, assured them that he had never before met with so kind a reception, or so successful a ear.. vass ; and on Tursclay last he went to 'Sunder land, to solicit the suffrages of the Frectnen of the City of Durham, resident in that place. The morning was ushered in by the tinging of bells and every' other outward demonstration of joy 3 while the manner in which he was received pi.ved that the people of Sunderland were not uogrEue ha for the many acts of kindo,ss which the wor thy Member has conferred upon them. A pets` a like Mr. IVHAIITON is ifivalmible to a commercial town—and it is but justice to say, that whenever he was requested to forward any measure tending to the interest' of Sunderland, his nil] fence, was exerted to the utmost. .1 he friends of Nlr.- who attended him on the -canvass, were not only very numerous, but also highly respectable. In a word, a more popular man never canvassed tie town of Sunderland, either for County or City. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR, M.P. amved, after his can vass at Newcastle, &c. at Ward's, the Wheatstreaf Inn, Durban', on Friday evening, having been con ducted into the town by a numerous party of the Freemen, whom he addressed at sonic length from the Tcrtace in front of the house. Lie canvassed the butchers in the market-place on Saturday, mid on Sunday proceeded to Carlisle, Harnaid-Castle, &c. lie returnee/ to Durham on Thursday last. Mr. ALLAN, M. P. arrived at his seat at Grange yesterday, and may be expected in a day or two to canvass this City. The following Letter has exci:ed a consi. derable sensation, and it is concluded the F ee men in the TumelisT Interest will now vote SC.. COI ding to their own inclinations : " London, March 14, ISIS. SlR,—Deeply interested in whatever concerns my daughter, Lady Frances Vane Tempest, and anxious as I mu to preserve for her, unimpaired, that influence and interest in the county of Durham, which was so dear to, and highly valued by, her deceased father, the late Sir Henry Vane Tempest ; I cannot but consider the canvass made by Mr. Taylor fur tho City of Durham, in the circumstances in which it is mark, as a mea sure which may, without exp!anation, tend to lessen that influence and interest. You will therefore allow toe, Sir, to express to you my conviction, that the canvass of Mr. taj,or for the city is inconsistent with the interests of my daughter, arid, as I believe, without her concurrence ; and that the first wish of her deceased father miuld have been, that any influence or interest which followed him, should not have been so used. I be also to observe, that neither of the agents or persons employed in the concerns of my daughter are in any manner authorisetrto use her name, or-that of the late Sir Henry, for the purposes of such canvass and election; and this I am induced to state from informatiori which bao been given to me, that certain of the agents or persons em ployed about the estate of my daughter have been engaged in such canvass. " If Mr. Taylor has personal merits and claims on the Freemen of the city of Durham, he will seek their support on that ground; and all that I wish to express is, that he has no pretence or right to seek it on any ground connected with the late Sir Henry Vane Tempest or of my daughter. " Your situation and character i►► the county will, I trust, be my apology for troubling you with this letter, which you have my permission to use in any manner ytiu may think ►ight. "I remain, Sir, " Your obedient humble servant, " Rev. - NESFIELD, Durham. ANTRIM." PETERSFIRLD.—THOMAS ANDREW NJ INCH IN, Esq. of the Glove, has declared himself . ti C3utti. date for this Borough at the ensuing General Election. StissEx.—JouN _FLILLER,. Esq. is mentioned se likely to offer himself again for this County—• than whom a mor2 liberal, uptight, and honest man, does not exist. PORTSMOUTH.—At a Meeting recently held in this Borough, a Petition' for Parliamentary Re forni was agreed to. The Mayor was in the Chair, and he, with two of the Aldermen, con-• eurred in the propriety of the meastne. It i 5; however, somewhat singular, that whilst the pre dominant Party in this Borough possess the power of admitting:, trithout limitation of numbers, all the respectable inhabitants to the right of voting for its Representatives in Parliament, they exclude them; at the same time professing the most ar dent attachment for Parliamentary Reform, and joining in the Peti:ion to obtain that end. Now it appears to us, that it would be more constitu tional, and more likely to secure in the end - an extension of the Elective Franchise, if the Family who hold the keys of admission to this ancient Borough were to set at once the disintet ested ex ample of making the respectable inhabitants of the Parishes of Portsmouth and Portsea (within the Guild) free of theßorough; than to - adhete to the old family practice of making NoN-Risidents, many of them living at a distance, Freemen, merely to support and perpetuate an irfloence which has proved so detrimental to the general welfare of the Towns of Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport. Even so late as the last autumn, the Member for Norwich and several strangers, were .elected Freemen of this Borough, in preference to peisODS of the first respectability and property residing within it. NEWCASTLE-CINDER LYNE.-Mr. PFABSON, it appears, intends to offer for this Borough ; we, however, cannot suppose the Freemen will so soon forget the struggle they made to establish their independence, which they did by the election of their present MeMbers, whose firm attachment to the. Constitution of the country, in Church and State, must always endear them to their Consti tuents. KENT COUNTY.—.It is generally believed that Sir WILLIAM GEARY will not stand again for this County. It has been said that Mr. HUNEYWOOD will be the new Candi,!ate. Jt is now the prevailing opinion that the County of Cork will not be contested at the ensuing Elec tion ;—for the City of Cork the contest will be, it is believed; most severe. Sir ROBERT WILSON is to be one of the Candi dates for the Borough of Southwark. In the County of Surrey, Mr. DENNISON perseveres, and therefore, unless one of the present iVlembers re tires, the contest will be keen. There is some idea that Guildford will he again disputed, but against which of its present Mem bers the opposition is to be made we have uot yet beard. 'fr of 5.5 10/.